Example sentences of "[det] [was/were] [adv] on [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some were only on a month 's loan . |
| 2 | The interviews were carried out some time after the abuse had been established , so that while all had been on the child abuse register only half were still on the register when interviewed . |
| 3 | Another was already on the way , off-target because Zeno had n't expected the gunshot . |
| 4 | Many believed these were almost on the point of starting again following secret talks between the two leaders in recent weeks . |
| 5 | And these were usually on the training grounds |
| 6 | More were still on the floor asleep , part-drunken no doubt , for the long tables were littered with wine-flagons and beakers and broken meats . |
| 7 | With the wisdom of hindsight , it is easy to see now that the Stag 's troublesome V8 , designed and inadequately developed in-house by Triumph before it merged with Leyland , should have been ditched and replaced by Rover 's proven ex-Buick 3.5-litre V8 ( still used by Land-Rover , Morgan , TVR and others ) that was already on the shelf . |
| 8 | ‘ But that was only on a Sunday . |
| 9 | Oh , he 'd had a lot of silly nonsense to put up with , but that was only on the surface , he knew that really , and now that the children were off their hands they could be together more and she 'd be less hasty . |
| 10 | Noreen was kept on after the try-out week , but she knew that was only on the strength of Fred , the Stage Manager 's sympathetic report , and for the fact that she got on well with everyone in the company , especially Bernie . |